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Tag Archives: policy
EU safety regulations – Dont mar legislation with pseudoscience
328. Dietrich DR, Dekant W, Greim H, Heslop-Harrison P, Berry C, Boobis A, Hengstler JG, Sharpe R. 2016. EU safety regulations: Don’t mar legislation with pseudoscience. Nature 535: 355 (21 July 2016) doi:10.1038/535355c We are concerned that some of the European Union’s … Continue reading
Posted in Press, Publications
Tagged breeding, crop protection, eu, fertilizers, glyphosate, health, human, legislation, parliament, policy, regulation, science
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Innovative science and blue-sky research
321. Braben DW, Heslop-Harrison JS and 48 others. 2015. Letter: Innovative science, Blue Sky research, scientific enterprise and prosperity. The Times (London) 23 September 2015. p. 28. (http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/opinion/letters/article4564669.ece ££) The Times (London) September 23, 2015 Wednesday Edition 1; Letter on Innovative scienceSECTION: … Continue reading
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Tagged assessment, cytogenetics, education, evaluation, letters, opinion, peer review, policy, prosperity, REF, research, review, teaching, venture research, viewpoint
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The damaging bureaucracy of academic peer preview
309. Braben DW, Allen JF, Amos W, Ball R, Birkhead T, Cameron P, Cogdell R, Colquhoun D, Dowler R, Engle I, Fernández-Armesto F, Fitzgerald D, Hall J, Heslop-Harrison P. Herschbach D, Kimble HJ, Kroto H, Ladyman J, Lawrence P, MacIntyre … Continue reading
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Tagged evaluation, letter, policy, research, review, Universities
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We need to have more scientific mavericks @guardianletters
306. Braben DW, Allen JF, Amos W, Ball R, Birkhead T, Cameron P, Cogdell R, Colquhoun D, Dowler R, Engle I, Fernández-Armesto F, Fitzgerald D, Heslop-Harrison P, Herschbach D, Kimble HJ, Kroto H, Ladyman J, Lane N, Lawrence P, MacIntyre … Continue reading
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Tagged education, Guardian, letters, newspapers, peer review, policy, press, review, science, scientists
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